Recent content by dapaterson

I apologize for a lack of precision - the use of administrative action (covered by privacy protections) needs to be replaced with disciplinary action (which is public) for the protection of the profession. I suspect young Rory might have some opinions on this...

I completed my GMT with the FN, a month or two before the C7 arrived at my unit.

Using Administrative action to correct a problem, then claiming admin action is exempt from disclosure, undermines the self regulation of the profession.

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MTG is all kinds of special.

Threaten to have someone's children seized unless they perjure themselves in front of a judge you're having a long term affair with? Ignore the detective who works with you to put innocent Black Americans into jail while he runs a sex trafficking business on the side...

The problem is not only individual officers; it's police services that drop charges and plead out disciplinary matters to retain individuals that should never be trusted as peace officers ever again. Missing money from an arrest - but theft charges dropped at the disciplinary hearing, and a...

Which is a leadership / management issue.

There is a need for overall pay simplification (too many allowances etc that drive complexity and sometimes create perverse incentives, against long term institutional needs); that said, we are seeing a slow movement away from the team approach in pay and more bespoke pay scales (SOF & SAR are...

Military equipment and materiel buys are all facing delays due to the world situation. Waiting for a shooting war in Europe before investing drives up cost and increases timelines - so that's not an immediate expenditure area, whether talking bullets, bombers or bosun training. Base infra and...

My grandmother spoke neither official language when she arrived in Canada nearly 95 years ago. She spoke 3 different European languages, though). She suffered a massive stroke in her early 80s, and moved into a long term care home. As we cleared out her house, we found a notebook, filled with...

As someone who lives within 100 miles of Baltimore, how dare you question the professionalism of the civilian merchant vessel maintenance program.

Blame the slackers at CBSA for that ;)

Reports now saying that the fire was minor and should not impact production. Hopefully there will be a detailed examination into what happened.

There are lots of petty officers in the RCN. Some are even non commissioned members.